Julen Lopetegui hopes to improve West Ham as he looks ahead to the Premier League season.
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Former USMNT coach Jürgen Klinsmann has refused to rule out a stunning return to Tottenham Hotspur should Igor Tudor lose his job in north London. Spurs are in a serious mess. Without a Premier League win in 2026, they’re now just a point clear of the relegation zone. A surreal 5–2 defeat on a suspiciously

Several players from Real Madrid could soon receive important opportunities with the Spain national football team ahead of a major international fixture later this month. According to a report from AS, Real Madrid forward Gonzalo Garcia has been included in the preliminary squad list prepared for the upcoming FIFA international break. Advertisement The provisional list
March 13, 2026, 9:02 a.m. ET Alavés hosts Villarreal on Friday to kick off La Liga’s matchweek at Estadio de Mendizorroza. The hosts sit 16th in the table with 27 points from 27 matches, just two points above the relegation zone after a 3-2 away loss to Valencia last weekend where Lucas Boyé scored twice

Lorenzo Insigne admits he still thinks about Italy’s World Cup flops in 2018 and 2022, but jokes that ‘he will retire’ if he secures Serie B survival with Pescara and plays in the World Cup next summer. Insigne was part of the Italy squad that failed to secure World Cup qualification in 2018 and 2022.

Udinese star Nicolò Zaniolo hasn’t spoken to Italy coach Gennaro Gattuso but still hopes to earn a call-up for the World Cup play-offs: ‘He follows everyone.’ Zaniolo admits he hasn’t yet spoken to Italy CT Gattuso, yet the Udinese striker hopes to play a role in the Azzurri’s World Cup play-off later this month. Advertisement

When FIFA leader Gianni Infantino gifted Donald Trump a specially created Peace Prize at December’s World Cup draw, he did not expect to see, three months later, the U.S. president warning a World Cup team of fatal consequences if it dared to venture to the tournament this summer. This, however, was the predicament facing FIFA’s

La Liga enjoyed a fine week in the Champions League, with their three remaining sides all facing off against Premier League opposition, and going undefeated. Despite talk of dominance from English football in Europe due to the vast imabalance of resources, Spain remains on top in terms of direct confrontation between the two. Atletico Madrid

Spanish football is experiencing a moment of maximum excitement, with Rayo Vallecano determined to write its own European epic while giants like Barcelona and Atlético de Madrid undergo internal transformations that will shape their short- and long-term destinies. However, the news does not stop at our borders. From the offices of UEFA to the corridors

As the Premier League title race enters its final stretch, paranoia intensifies. Fretting over fixture difficulty is nothing new, but a more niche anxiety concerns not just the opposition, but the order you play them: specifically, which of the would-be champions kicks off first in each round of games. Arsenal are a comfortable-looking seven points

Following their impressive victory over Manchester City in the UEFA Champions League, Real Madrid are now preparing to return to domestic action with a La Liga fixture against Elche at the iconic Santiago Bernabeu Stadium. While Real Madrid’s form in La Liga has surprised many this season, historical records suggest that this upcoming match could

Join the Miguel Delaney: Inside Football newsletter and get behind-the-scenes access and unrivalled insight Join the Miguel Delaney: Inside Football newsletter Join the Miguel Delaney: Inside Football newsletter Michael Johnson will not work on BBC Sport’s athletics coverage this year while he continues to face the turmoil of his failed Grand Slam Track venture. Johnson

Six Premier League clubs played in the last 16 of the Champions League this week and none of them won. It’s unlikely you’ve escaped the fallout. Newcastle United drew 1-1 at home to Barcelona (after conceding a late penalty) and Arsenal did likewise away to Bayer Leverkusen (after scoring one), but the other four sides

Eddie Howe was already mindful of the mental task following Newcastle United’s Champions League round-of-16 first-leg 1-1 draw with Barcelona. Many Newcastle insiders believe they can shock the Spanish champions at Camp Nou and reach the quarter-finals for the first time. But Newcastle’s trip to Spain comes on Wednesday. First, they face Chelsea on Saturday

Liverpool and Arsenal have joined Bayern Munich in the race to sign a German defender who could become a ‘pillar’ of their teams in the not-too-distant future. VfB Stuttgart’s teenage sensation Finn Jeltsch is emerging as one of the most sought-after young defenders in Europe, with the summer transfer window fast approaching and major interest

Santiago Gimenez has been a significant absentee for AC Milan for much of the 2025-26 season, a prolonged absence that has cast doubt over his future at the club. With reports now surfacing of Premier League interest and a price tag attached to the Mexican striker, Gimenez is finally approaching a return to action for

In a recent report, Fichajes stated that Liverpool are eyeing a move for Real Madrid defender Dean Huijsen. It has been mentioned that the Reds are keeping a keen eye on the Spanish centre-back’s situation at the Madrid club. Huijsen’s Impressive Form In Spanish Football Huijsen is having a solid campaign at the La Liga

1 Parker must keep future in mind In the summer, Burnley signed two new goalkeepers. Martin Dubravka agreed a one-year deal after leaving Newcastle, and has been one of the successes from a questionable round of recruitment. At 37, however, and with a need to cut costs should relegation be confirmed, it feels unlikely the

Bologna were critical of the refereeing in their 1-1 Europa League draw with Roma, as coach Vincenzo Italiano and Santiago Castro claimed there was a foul in the build-up to the equaliser. This may have been an all-Italian derby at the Stadio Dall’Ara, but it was still a UEFA fixture, so the referee was Sven

The battle for European spots in Serie A has reached a fever pitch as the current season enters its most defining stretch. Roma currently holds the fifth position, a spot that leaves them just outside the automatic qualification zone for the most prestigious club competition in the world. The pressure is immense, with heavyweights like

Leading players from two of Spanish football’s biggest clubs secured for themselves respective places in the latest UEFA Champions League Team of the Week. The first two come from Atlético Madrid’s drubbing of Tottenham Hotspur on Tuesday. Advertisement Diego Simeone’s troops of course made short work of Spurs two nights ago, putting five past the Premier